March 2013 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

Single Parents: Unsupported, and Feeling the Blame

Men and boys appear caught in a vicious cycle of single-parent families and poverty, but the effects are felt by both sexes. Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 20 2013 11:32 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Research, single mothers, Children and Childhood, Women and Girls, United States Economy, Income Inequality

When Family Stories Are Hard to Tell

Not all family stories are happy ones. We should tell them anyway. Read More...

Published Sun, Mar 24 2013 6:07 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, _featured

Does Victoria’s Secret Care That Parents Hate Pink?

Victoria's Secret may have quietly pulled its "Feeling Lucky?" thong, but it's still on a mission to sell its cheap-lace definition of youth. Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 26 2013 12:15 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Teenagers and Adolescence, Women and Girls, Limited Brands Inc|LTD|NYSE, Limited Brands Inc

Does ‘Nesting’ Children After Divorce Work?

A reader and his wife, in the process of a divorce, are moving in and out of the house they once shared with their children and looking for advice. Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 29 2013 7:13 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Divorce, Separations and Annulments, Families and Family Life, Marriages, Ask Motherlode, Real Estate and Housing (Residential)

Unreasonably ‘Terrified’ of a Second Labor

Her first labor was uneventful. So why, a writer asks, "has it come to pass that I feel even more terrified by the idea of laboring with this second baby than I did with the first?" Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 01 2013 6:58 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Babies and Infants

Pregnant Without a Policy in Graduate School

Do graduate schools, in medicine or anything else, support pregnant students, or leave them at the mercy of individual instructors? Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 04 2013 8:11 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, _featured, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Babies and Infants, Families and Family Life, Graduate Schools and Students

Rates of Caesarean Deliveries Vary Widely Among Hospitals

The hospital with the lowest rate of Caesareans delivered 7 percent of births there through that method; the highest: 70 percent. Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 05 2013 2:06 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Do You Pay the Baby Sitter if You Cancel?

This scheduled baby sitter turns down other work to be there for this family, and she counts on the income. So what happens when the parents cancel? Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 08 2013 8:41 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Child Care, parenting, Ask Motherlode